Part 67, page 21
Serials PD 164-41
Document date 19 February 1980
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 67 p. 21, Teletype, dated 19 Feb 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-67/pages/21
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PAGE THIRTEEN PD 164-41 ENCLOS
TIME, [redacted] IN A PARCEL EARLY HELD TOGETHER BY [guess: DECOMPOSED] [guess: RUBBER]- BANDS WHICH CRUMBLED AND FELL AWAY UPON BEING HANDLED. VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY EXAMINED AND HANDLED THE MONEY WHICH THEY THEN TOOK HOME WITH THEM THAT EVENING. THE FOLLOWING DAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1980, [redacted] RELATED THE STORY OF THE FINDING OF THE MONEY TO FELLOW EMPLOYEES AT U-CART MANUFACTURING COMPANY, VANCOUVER, WHERE [redacted], AND THEY TOLD HIM ABOUT THE COOPER SKYJACKING CASE AND POSSIBILITY THAT THE MONEY MAY HAVE COME FROM THIS RANSOM. HE THEN CONTACTED THE PORTLAND FBI OFFICE UPON GETTING OFF OF WORK THAT DAY.
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:55 P.M., FEBRUARY 12, 1980, [redacted] APPEARED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE PORTLAND FBI OFFICE AT WHICH TIME [redacted] RELATED TO THE PRESS THE ABOVE STORY RELATING TO THE FINDING OF THE MONEY. ON FEBRUARY 13, 1980, [redacted] VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED SA [redacted] AT THE PORTLAND FBI OFFICE TO ADVISE THAT THE STORY OF THE FINDING OF THE MONEY BY [redacted] WAS NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE. SHE STATED THAT THE MONEY HAD ACTUALLY BEEN FOUND BY [redacted]